• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.274-280
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• 2020

The marine sediment sustains from the anoxic condition due to increased nutrients of external sources. The nutrients are liberated from the sediment, which acts as an internal source. In hypoxic environments, anaerobic respiration results in the formation of several reduced matters, such as N₂ and NH₄⁺, N₂O, Fe²⁺, H₂S, etc. The experimental results have shown that nitrogen and sulfur played an influential, notable role in this biogeochemical cycle with expected chemical reductions and a 'diffusive' release of present nutrient components trapped in pore water inside sediment toward the bulk water. Nitate/ammonium, sulfate/sulfides, and ferrous/ferric irons are found to be the key players in these sediment-waters mutual interactions. Organonitrogen and nitrate in the sediment were likely to be converted to a form of ammonium. Reductive nitrogen is called dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium and denitrification. The steady accumulation in the sediment and surplus increases in the overlying waters of ammonium strongly support this hypothesis as well as a diffusive action of the involved chemical species. Sulfate would serve as an essential electron acceptor so as to form acid volatile sulfides in present of Fe³⁺, which ended up as the Fe²⁺ positively with an aid of the residential microbial community.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2020

The possibility of conversion to the RC-MAT propulsion system (gasoline engine → electric motor) was studied. However, as commercial battery capacities are low. it is not possible to change the propulsion system. Nevertheless, development of nex-generation batteries is necessary for high capacity and high energy density. Although Li/S batteries are theoretically suitable as new generation batteries, these batteries are not composed of only Li and S. Hence, ensuring high energy density can be difficult. Moreover, electrolytes are important components in the study of energy density; hence, the battery by Li2S8 Molarity was sorted. There are no studied on its various electrode components. In this study, a Li/S battery was fabricated using an assorted 3D sulfur electrode of high energy density and its electrochemical properties were studied. The Li/S battery has a high energy density of 468 Wh/kg at 1.28 M Li2S8 (A805-1.28). Its capacity rapidly decreased after 1 cycle with more than 1 M Li2S8.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.906-913
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• 2004

A culture-independent molecular phylogenetic survey was carried out on the bacterial community in cold-seep sediment at Edison Seamount, south of Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea. Small-subunit rRNA genes were amplified directly from the sediment DNA by PCR and cloned. The majority of the cloned 16S rRNA gene sequences were most closely related to as-yet-uncultivated microorganisms found in deep-sea sediments, and were primarily affiliated with one of four groups: the $\gamma$-, $\delta$-, and $\epsilon$-subdivisions of Proteobacteria, and Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides. We did not recover any sequences related to cyanobacteria, prochlorophytes, and $\alpha$-Proteobacteria, which are known to occur in great abundance within the surface mixed layer of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The majority of the cloned $\gamma$-and $\epsilon$-Proteobacterial sequences were closely related to chemoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing symbionts of marine benthic fauna, and the $\delta$-Proteobacterial sequences to sulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacteria, indicating that they might play an important role in chemoautotrophic primary production and the sulfur cycle in the cold-seep area. There results demonstrate the high diversity of the bacterial community in the cold-seep sediment, and substantially expand knowledge of the extent of bacterial diversity in this formidable and unique habitat.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.424-431
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• 2011

The Sulfur-Iodine(SI) thermochemical hydrogen production process consists of three sections, which are so called the Bunsen reaction section, the $H_2SO_4$ decomposition section and the HI decomposition section. In order to identify the phase separation characteristics in the reaction conditions with the high solubility of $SO_2$, we conducted the Bunsen reaction at the low temperatures, ranging from 283 to 298K, with the $I_2/H_2O$ molar ratios of 2.5/16.0 and 3.5/16.0. The molar ratios of HI/$H_2SO_4$ products obtained from low temperature Bunsen reactions were ca. 2, indicating that there were no side reactions. The amount of reacted $SO_2$ was increased with decreasing the temperature, while the amounts of unreacted $I_2$ and $H_2O$ were decreased. In the phase separation of the products, the amount of a $H_2SO_4$ impurity in $HI_x$ phase was increased with decreasing the temperature, though the temperature has little affected on HI and $I_2$ impurities in $H_2SO_4$ phase.

• 공업화학
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.848-852
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• 2005

Iodine-sulfur 사이클의 연속 공정 운전을 위해서는 분젠반응에서 생성되어진 황산과 요오드화수소의 분리와 일정한 조성을 유지시키는 기술이 필요하다. 그러나 황산과 요오드화수소는 황과 황화수소를 생성시키는 부반응이 일어나므로 부반응을 억제하며 두 개의 산을 분리시키는 기술이 요구된다. 따라서 본 연구는 부반응이 최소화되는 조건에서 2 액상 분리에 관한 물의 영향에 관하여 조사하였다. 물 몰분율이 0.86에서 0.91까지 범위에서 2 액상 분리가 일어나고 물의 증가에 따라 황화수소의 생성이 억제되었으나 물아 몰분율이 0.92 이상에서 2 액상 분리 현상은 관찰되지 않았다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2008

The feasibility of ionic liquid as a novel absorbent of $SO_2$ for the separation of $SO_2$ from $SO_2/O_2$ mixture in the thermochemical IS(Iodine-Sulfur) cycle was investigated. 1,3-dimethylimidazolium methylsulfate ([DMIm]$MeSO_4$) had shown twenty five times higher solubility of $SO_2$ than that of $O_2$. The dependence of $SO_2$ solubility by [DMIm]$MeSO_4$ on temperature and $SO_2$ partial pressure was examined, which confirmed the possibility of temperature and pressure swing for the separation process. Through cyclic absorption and desorption with temperature swing the stability of [DMIm]$MeSO_4$ in the separation process was also demonstrated. As a result of the experiments carried out, $SO_2$ separation from $SO_2/O_2$ mixture with ionic liquid([DMIm]$MeSO_4$) can be applied to the thermochemical IS cycle.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.459-466
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• 2014

열화학적인 수소 생산 공정 중 하나인 S-I Cycle은 요오드와 황을 이용한 수소 생산 공정으로써 물 분자로부터 수소 분자를 얻어내는 순환 공정이다. 수소 생산 공정에 열을 공급하고자 하는 초고온 원자로(VHTR; Very High Temperature Reactor)는 원자로에서 수소 생산 공정으로 방사능 없이 안전하게 열을 전달하기 위하여 중간열교환기(IHX; Intermediate Heat Exchanger)가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 수소 생산공정과 초고온 원자로간의 중간 열교환 공정을 모사하여 운전압력 및 작동 유체의 변화에 따른 중간 열교환기의 효율을 계산하고 가장 경제적인 중간 열교환기를 설계하기 위한 공정 조건을 도출하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 유황을 폴리머화하여 내화학성능이 요구되는 구조물의 콘크리트 표면보호재로 활용할 수 있도록 성능을 검토하였다. 평가 결과, 유황폴리머 표면도포재의 중력식 스프레이가 적절한 것으로 나타났으며, 도포횟수는 왕복 3회 이상 도포했을 때 1MPa 이상의 부착강도 확보가 가능하였다. 표면보호재가 도포될 콘크리트 표면조건은 상온조건 ($20{\sim}30^{\circ}C$) 이상에서 높은 부착강도를 나타내었으며, 온도가 높을수록 부착강도가 증가하였다. 표면보호재의 채움재 혼입량에 따른 강도특성 평가결과, 20~40% 정도 혼입된 채움재는 유황폴리머의 수축을 저감시키는 효과를 나타내어 강도 향상에 기여하였다. 또한, 플라이애시 보다는 규사 혼입시 부착강도가 높았고, 동시 혼입시 가장 우수한 부착강도 특성을 나타내었다. 화학저항성은 플라이애시 및 규사를 각각 20% 대체한 배합에서 부착강도 저하가 최소로 되어 우수한 내화학성을 나타내었다. 염소이온 침투에 대한 성능평가를 수행한 결과, 표면보호재를 도포하지 않은 시험체에 비하여 유황폴리머 표면보호재를 도포한 경우, 29~48% 정도 염소이온침투저항성이 증대되었다. 표면보호재의 도포조건, 압축강도, 부착강도, 화학저항성, 염해저항성 등을 모두 고려하여 볼 때, 본 연구범위에서는 유황폴리머에 채움재로서 규사와 플라이애시를 각각 20%씩 대체하는 것이 적절한 수준인 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2011

Sulfur-Iodine (SI) cycle, which thermochemically splits water to hydrogen and oxygen through three stages of Bunsen reaction, HI decomposition, and $H_2SO_4$ decomposition, seems a promising process to produce hydrogen massively. Among them, the decomposition of $H_2SO_4$ ($H_2SO_4=H_2O+SO_2+1/2O_2$) requires high temperature heat over $800^{\circ}C$ such as the heat from concentrated solar energy or a very high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor. Because of harsh reaction conditions of high temperature and pressure with extremely corrosive reactants and products, there have been scarce and limited number of data reported on the pressurized $H_2SO_4$ decomposition. This work focuses whether the $H_2SO_4$ decomposition can occur at high pressure in a noble-metal reactor, which possibly resists corrosive acidic chemicals and possesses catalytic activity for the reaction. Decomposition reactions were conducted in a Pt-lined tubular reactor without any other catalytic species at conditions of $800^{\circ}C$ to $900^{\circ}C$ and 0 bar (ambient pressure) to 10 bar with 95 wt% $H_2SO_4$. The Pt-lined reactor was found to endure the corrosive pressurized condition, and its inner surface successfully carried out a catalytic role in decomposing $H_2SO_4$ to $SO_2$ and $O_2$. This preliminary result has proposed the availability of noble metal-lined reactors for the high temperature, high pressure sulfuric acid decomposition.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.424-433
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• 2015

The operating characteristics of hydrogen iodide (HI) decomposition for hydrogen production were investigated using the commercial computational fluid dynamics code, and various factors, such as hydrogen production, heat of reaction, and temperature distribution, were studied to compare device performance with that expected for device development. Hydrogen production increased with an increase of the surface-to-volume (STV) ratio. With an increase of hydrogen production, the reaction heat increased. The internal pressure and velocity of the HI decomposer were estimated through pressure drop and reducing velocity from the preheating zone. The mass of $H_2O$ was independent of the STV ratio, whereas that of HI decreased with increasing STV ratio.